Albumen cabinet card depicting a male performer posed in frontier military costume, photographed in a studio setting with a painted landscape backdrop. The sitter stands full-length, hands on hips, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, vest, cartridge belt, and holstered sidearm. The mount bears the imprint of Morrison, Champlain Building, Chicago, a commercial studio active in the late 1890s.

The image appears to relate to popular stage or promotional representations connected to the Spanish–American War period, when theatrical reenactments and character portrayals of soldiers, scouts, and frontiersmen were widely produced for public consumption. A handwritten caption on the mount reads “Span Am War Scene,” suggesting the photograph was intended to evoke or advertise a wartime role rather than document an actual military subject. Additional pencil inscriptions on the verso indicate later handling or identification attempts.

Standard cabinet card format with studio imprint and period inscriptions. A strong example of turn-of-the-century American popular culture intersecting with late 19th-century military imagery and theatrical photography.